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jesus that's judgemental.

by return0 9y ago

andrepd 9y ago
It's also a fact (Facebook is literally addictive).
- return0 9y ago
  like almost everything (including HN, trust me, i ve been there)
JoshMnem 9y ago
Here is some information: * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/12161461/Facebook-addiction-activates-same-part-of-the-brain-as-cocaine.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/12161461/Facebook-addiction-... * http://www.salimvirani.com/facebook/ http://www.salimvirani.com/facebook/ * https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/04/05/the-true-costs-of-facebook-addiction-low-self-esteem-and-poor-body-image/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/04/05/the-tru... * https://www.wired.com/story/our-minds-have-been-hijacked-by-our-phones-tristan-harris-wants-to-rescue-them/ https://www.wired.com/story/our-minds-have-been-hijacked-by-... * https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609104/smartphones-are-weapons-of-mass-manipulation-and-this-guy-is-declaring-war-on-them/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609104/smartphones-are-we... * https://journal.thriveglobal.com/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds-from-a-magician-and-google-s-design-ethicist-56d62ef5edf3 https://journal.thriveglobal.com/how-technology-hijacks-peop... * https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/11/the-binge-breaker/501122/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/11/the-bin... * https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/25/facebook-orwellian-journalists-democracy-guatemala-slovakia https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/25/facebook-... More things are happening in real life, email/telephone, newspapers, magazines, and in books than on Facebook. I think that Facebook is bad for the human mind and bad for society.
- return0 9y ago
  I 'm not disputing that facebook is an addiction (like many things in life). But there is a big chunk of users who learned to use the internet SOLELY for facebook, they remain there solely for that and would stop using it if it wasn't for facebook. Having the freedom to research any topic, while sounding noble as a thing, is just not something that a lot of people want to do.
  - exergy 9y ago
    You're missing the point. Why should we regress? The system, as it exists, freely allows these fabled old people of yours to access Facebook. But in letting net neutrality evaporate, the rest of us get screwed for no benefit. Jesus, net neutrality makes my blood boil. Fuck Ajit Pai, that /r/punchablefaces wanker extraordinaire.
    - return0 9y ago
      maybe if your blood didn't boil you could make some rational arguments.
  - JoshMnem 9y ago
    > But there is a big chunk of users who learned to use the internet SOLELY for facebook, they remain there solely for that and would stop using it if it wasn't for facebook. I'd argue that it would be better in most cases not to use the Internet if Facebook were the only option. Accepting Facebook as your "Internet" means that the next generations probably will not have a Free, open Internet. I grew up before the Internet was widely used. Many aspects of life were better without the Internet. If you aren't doing something critical to your life with the Internet (and Facebook is not one of those critical things in most cases), then the Internet is not a necessity. (The Internet is a necessity for many people these days, but Facebook is not a genuine necessity.)
    - return0 9y ago
      What kind of thinking is that? TV was equally bad in our times (if not far worse). You realize how horribly authoritarian is what you propose?
      - JoshMnem 9y ago
        It isn't authoritarian at all to say that Facebook is not a necessity. TV is mostly-garbage, but it isn't as bad as Facebook.

jesus that's judgemental.

andrepd 9y ago

It's also a fact (Facebook is literally addictive).

return0 9y ago
like almost everything (including HN, trust me, i ve been there)

JoshMnem 9y ago

Here is some information: * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/12161461/Facebook-addiction-activates-same-part-of-the-brain-as-cocaine.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/12161461/Facebook-addiction-... * http://www.salimvirani.com/facebook/ http://www.salimvirani.com/facebook/ * https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/04/05/the-true-costs-of-facebook-addiction-low-self-esteem-and-poor-body-image/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/04/05/the-tru... * https://www.wired.com/story/our-minds-have-been-hijacked-by-our-phones-tristan-harris-wants-to-rescue-them/ https://www.wired.com/story/our-minds-have-been-hijacked-by-... * https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609104/smartphones-are-weapons-of-mass-manipulation-and-this-guy-is-declaring-war-on-them/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609104/smartphones-are-we... * https://journal.thriveglobal.com/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds-from-a-magician-and-google-s-design-ethicist-56d62ef5edf3 https://journal.thriveglobal.com/how-technology-hijacks-peop... * https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/11/the-binge-breaker/501122/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/11/the-bin... * https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/25/facebook-orwellian-journalists-democracy-guatemala-slovakia https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/25/facebook-... More things are happening in real life, email/telephone, newspapers, magazines, and in books than on Facebook. I think that Facebook is bad for the human mind and bad for society.

return0 9y ago
I 'm not disputing that facebook is an addiction (like many things in life). But there is a big chunk of users who learned to use the internet SOLELY for facebook, they remain there solely for that and would stop using it if it wasn't for facebook. Having the freedom to research any topic, while sounding noble as a thing, is just not something that a lot of people want to do.
- exergy 9y ago
  You're missing the point. Why should we regress? The system, as it exists, freely allows these fabled old people of yours to access Facebook. But in letting net neutrality evaporate, the rest of us get screwed for no benefit. Jesus, net neutrality makes my blood boil. Fuck Ajit Pai, that /r/punchablefaces wanker extraordinaire.
  - return0 9y ago
    maybe if your blood didn't boil you could make some rational arguments.
- JoshMnem 9y ago
  > But there is a big chunk of users who learned to use the internet SOLELY for facebook, they remain there solely for that and would stop using it if it wasn't for facebook. I'd argue that it would be better in most cases not to use the Internet if Facebook were the only option. Accepting Facebook as your "Internet" means that the next generations probably will not have a Free, open Internet. I grew up before the Internet was widely used. Many aspects of life were better without the Internet. If you aren't doing something critical to your life with the Internet (and Facebook is not one of those critical things in most cases), then the Internet is not a necessity. (The Internet is a necessity for many people these days, but Facebook is not a genuine necessity.)
  - return0 9y ago
    What kind of thinking is that? TV was equally bad in our times (if not far worse). You realize how horribly authoritarian is what you propose?
    - JoshMnem 9y ago
      It isn't authoritarian at all to say that Facebook is not a necessity. TV is mostly-garbage, but it isn't as bad as Facebook.